Suspension of ratification of the Armenian-Turkish protocols shows that Armenian does not so much tries to open borders with Turkey. Actually, the Armenian leadership is not interested in it, Azerbaijani MP Zahid Oruj believes.
The worse the situation will be in the country, the more society will live under the threat of war and imposed enemy image, the easier it will be managed with such a state, Oruj told. He commented on Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan’s statement to suspend the ratification process of the Zurich protocols.
Oruj believes “this is not a serious step of a modern state.”
Turkish and Armenian foreign ministers Ahmet Davutoglu and Edward Nalbandian signed the Ankara-Yerevan protocols in Zurich Oct. 10.
Sagsyan announced about cancellation of ratification of the protocols April 23.
Diplomatic relations between Armenia and Turkey have been broken due to Armenia’s claims of an alleged genocide, and its occupation of Azerbaijani lands. The border between them has been broken since 1993.
“This is a rare phenomenon in the history, when a state within a short period waives the signed documents, and only Armenia could do likewise,” Oruj said.
He said Armenia lost in this question. “Armenia was given a historic chance to establish relations with Turkey and to get out of the current difficult situation,” Oruj added.
Oruj said Armenia annually loses $1billion due to closed borders with Turkey.
“Currently, about 200,000 Armenian citizens, despite the image of the enemy formed by the government, work in Turkey. Turkey does not suffer from this, but Armenia, on the contrary,” he added.
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